A new pair of academic studies offers evidence that Medicaid saves lives. So, what's at stake if the major Medicaid reforms and deep cuts that were approved by House Republicans make it through Congress?

The U.S. Senate returns this week to discuss the federal reconciliation bill. The legislation includes hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts to programs that Hoosiers said they depend on to survive. Some Hoosiers are calling for U.S. Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) to vote no on the legislation.

Medicaid covers Pat Hustmyer's medication for her chronic health condition. She is one of the almost 700,000 people enrolled in the Healthly Indiana Plan, or HIP, that are caught between state and federal Medicaid policies that threaten their coverage and could force them to make "life-or-death" decisions.

Federal lawmakers are considering adding Medicaid work requirements — meaning people would have to prove they work, volunteer or go to school in order to receive health insurance. Experts warn that many people who already work will fall through the cracks.

There are 12 exceptions to the new work reporting requirements for the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. But federal lawmakers are proposing their own version of the policy for Medicaid expansion programs. Medicaid experts said under that proposal, Indiana would no longer be allowed to provide several of those exceptions.

The governor-ordered working group must “minimize the negative impact felt by enrollees and their families.”

Work requirements led to thousands in Arkansas losing their Medicaid during the first Trump administration. Policymakers say they've learned lessons to avoid mistakes this time.

The Senate GOP's plan to overhaul Indiana's Medicaid expansion program received final approval from lawmakers Thursday. The legislation now heads to the governor's desk despite concerns that it could result in people losing coverage.

House lawmakers approved a bill that reintroduces previously halted work reporting requirements to Indiana's Medicaid expansion program. Senate Bill 2 also increases how often certain eligibility requirements are checked by the state.

The state of Indiana is preparing to replace the consulting firm it works with to help prepare its Medicaid forecasts after a forecasting miss in 2023 that put the state $1 billion off the mark for Medicaid funding.